Art Nouveau got its inspiration from nature. The Bauhaus got its inspiration from engineering. P. J. O'Rourke artbauhauengineer Change image and share on social
The bar is set pretty low if you want to be a hip, accessible conservative. P. J. O'Rourke accessiblebarconservative Change image and share on social
People think the free market is a philosophy, they think that it is a creed. It is none of those things. Free market is a bathroom scale, it is a measuring tape, it's simply a measurement. P. J. O'Rourke bathroomcreedfree Change image and share on social
I like fiction and the kind of history that gives the grace and flavor of fiction to the past. No bloviation on current events, please. I can write that junk myself. P. J. O'Rourke bloviationcurrentevent Change image and share on social
There is no 20-year period in American history when stocks lost money. P. J. O'Rourke americanhistorylose Change image and share on social
Philosophy was once considered science. P. J. O'Rourke considerphilosophyscience Change image and share on social
Most people sort of enjoy going to work because of the socialisation, a chance to flirt with co-workers and so on, but actually hate the job they do. P. J. O'Rourke chanceenjoyflirt Change image and share on social
Politics are for foreigners with their endless wrongs and paltry rights. Politics are a lousy way to get things done. Politics are, like God's infinite mercy, a last resort. P. J. O'Rourke endlessforeignergod Change image and share on social
Politicians will talk strategy and tactics and policies and programs until they're blue in the face, or you strangle them and they turn blue. P. J. O'Rourke bluefacepolicy Change image and share on social
Preachers at black churches are the last people left in the English-speaking world who know the schemes and tropes of classical rhetoric: parallelism, antithesis, epistrophe, synecdoche, metonymy, periphrasis, litotes - the whole bag of tricks. P. J. O'Rourke antithesisbagblack share on social
